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Winner of the Whitbread First Novel Award in 1989, Gerontius takes as its starting point a little-documented by real event in the life of Sir Edward Elgar - a 6-week cruise to the Amazon that he took in 1923 - and in telling the story of that journey explores melancholy and the waning of creative genius; post-war disillusionment; and the way in which England treats its great artists.
Soft cover, good condition. Pen inscription on the front page.